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In Brief... Engineer - Electronic

 Brief Description:

Research's, designs, develops, and tests electronic components and systems for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.


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Go.. Electronics Engineering Technician - from:  N.C.S. [UK]
Go.. Electronics/Electrical Engineer - from:  Career Directions
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Education
Most of these occupations require qualifications at NFQ Levels 7 or 8 (Ordinary / Honours Degrees) but some do not.

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Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, computer programmers, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and financial analysts.


Qualifications required?

Level 8 Honours Bachelor Degree

Typical entry routes:

Entrants would usually have a Degree in Electronic Engineering or related field.

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Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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Future Skills Requirements & Concerns

Current Labour Market Research highlights concerns in some occupations. These comments are presented here where available: [source: Forfas]

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1 Salary Information
Note: All salaries are in thousands of euros and refer to annual salaries.

Job Title
Engineer - Electronic
Salary Range*
35 - 55
Related Information:
Electronic Engineer 35 - 55
Data Source(s):
Collins McNicholas

Last Updated: May, 2013
* The lower figures typically reflect starting salaries. Higher salaries are awarded to those with greater experience and responsibility. Positions in Dublin sometimes command higher salaries.

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1 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION


The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.

Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.

Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.

 
Labour / Skills shortage indicator

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High level, Niche areas
 
 


Growth Rate 2007 - 2011

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+9%
 
Scale
 
 
-0%
 
     
Part-time workers

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Total employed in this occupation: 3400
%
Part-time
3%
 
Scale
 
 
97%
Full-time
 
 
Older workers

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%
Over 55
11%
 
Scale
 
 
89%
Under 55
 
     
Ratio of Male / Female workers

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%
Male
93%
 
Scale
 
 
7%
Female
 
 
Non-Irish National workers

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%
Non-Irish
14%
 
Scale
 
 
86%
Irish
 

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1 Electronic Engineer.
 Denis Canty
 
STEPS

"I love seeing how things work and finding solutions to problems. A key skill of an Engineer"
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Denis Canty

1 Engineer - Electronic
 Deborah Caffrey
 
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"Day-to-day work involves monitoring end of line yields and if/when there are any yield depressions to try to understand what may be the problem"
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Deborah Caffrey

1 Electronic Engineer
 Shane Callanan
 
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"Engineers are the same all over the world. There are technical problems to solve, and we love to solve them!!!"
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1 Design Engineer
 Tracey Roche
 
Analog Devices

"Working in a Design Evaluation role or indeed any electronic engineering role, requires problem-solving skills and half the battle with this is having a positive attitude."
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Tracey Roche

 
 
 



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